CLADE 1

Question 1

Clade 1

Answer 1

Excavates: Diplomonads/Parabasalids

Question 2

Clade 1 distinguishing characteristics

Answer 2

NON FUNCTIONAL mitrochondria
lack mtDNA
lack electrons transport chains
Lack Kreb's cycle enzymes
ATP production happens in cytosol

Question 3

CLADE 1 Representative organisms and facts

Answer 3

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS [Diplomonad] 2 haploid nuclei and 4 flagella~2 haploid put together

TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS [Parabasalid] its flagella and undulating membrane enable it to move along the mucus coated lining of these tracts inside its host

Question 4

CLADE 1 DISEASEez

Answer 4

BAd bug Parapasalid STD TRICHONOMAS

BAd bug diplomonad “back packer’s disease”
attaches to small intestine of host